Anna Soffía Pétursdóttir was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1815. She died in the Víðirnes Settlement in New Iceland in 1899. Widow. She came west to Winnipeg, Manitoba with her children, Sigríður Sveinsdóttir, 34 years of age an Skúli Sveinsson, 28 years of age, in 1883. Another child, Þorvaldur Sveinsson emigrated west in 1881.  They lived in New Iceland.    

Gísli Jónsson was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1854. He drowned in Lake of the Woods in Ontario on August 5, 1901. Spouse: Kristjana Símonardóttir b. in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1867. Children: 1. Símon 2. Guðlaug Lára 3. Þorbjörg 4. Konráð 5. Indriði 6. Jónína. Gísli was a farmhand at Veðramót in Skagafjörður, Kristjána’s home, in 1870 and went from there west …

Bjarni Jónsson was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla on October 12, 1856. He died in Markerville, Alberta on January 22, 1943. Spouse: Þorbjörg Jóhannsdóttir b. in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1858. Children: 1. Jón Ólafur b. 1881 2. Jóhann Sigurður b. in N. Dakota on October 20, 1884, d. January 28, 1968 3. Vilhjálmur Stefán 4. Sigurlaug 5. Guðbjörg. They came west to N. …

Þorbjörg Jóhannsdóttir was born in Skagafjarðarsýsla in 1858. Spouse: Bjarni Jónsson b. in Skagafjarðarsýsla on October 12, 1856, d. in Markerville, Alberta on January 22, 1943. Children: 1. Jón Ólafur b. 1881 2. Jóhann Sigurður b. in N. Dakota on October 20, 1884, d. January 28, 1968 3. Vilhjálmur Stefán 4. Sigurlaug 5. Guðbjörg. They came west to N. Dakota …